Driving on highway can lead to major headaches

Just wondering if anyone else gets as perturbed as I do when folks blatantly don't obey the rules in a work zone on the highway? The speed limit is lowered and posted for the safety of everyone. Orange barrels or cement blocks are set up to designate the forbidden travel area. Signs such as 'stay in your lane' or 'no passing permitted' or 'no trucks in left lane' or 'left (or right) lane closed 1500 feet ahead' and more. Yet, folks zoom by going 65 mph in a 45 mph work zone, trucks pass you like you are sitting still and they are in the left lane. You glance in your rear-view mirror and it looks like a jigsaw puzzle as cars and trucks switch from lane to lane in an area where it is posted to not do so.

Another irritation is driving in the rain and being blinded by semi drivers who give no regards to whether you can see or not as they pass you going 65 miles an hour and throwing all the dirt and debris from the road, not to mention the large amounts of water - especially in a downpour.

I drove to our daughter's in the Eastern Panhandle area of West Virginia, Maryland and Virginia last week and experienced all of the above between here and there.

Actually, I drove in a monsoon from Garrett County, Maryland, to Jefferson County, West Virginia, about 25 mph and flashers going - along with about 50 other cars on the freeway.

Thursday night while sitting around the pool, we watched four deer munching on the chips left behind from four trees our daughter's neighbors had cut down earlier that day. What fun. They seemed not to mind that we were watching them.

Congratulations to all the Junior Fair participants for another successful week at the Marion County Fair. 4-H and FFA projects are great disciplines for young folks to learn responsibility and pride in the completed project.

I can remember when I was in 4-H, it would have been easier for my mom to finish my sewing projects than to watch me rip them out time after time until they were right, but I'm glad she didn't.

It taught me patience and perseverance can pay off.

Hang in there kids. You'll feel better about your accomplishments once you are finished.

The Fourth of July has come and gone but patriotism continues tonight as the Marion Concert Band presents its patriotic program at the Concert in the Park at McKinley Park. Music begins at 7 p.m. Bring a chair and enjoy the comraderie with those around you and the music.

Let me leave you with this quotation by President Franklin D. Roosevelt: "When you get to the end of your rope, tie a knot and hang on."

Brenda Donegan may be reached at bdonegan55@roadrunner.com or 740-389-6300 ext. 107.

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Driving on highway can lead to major headaches

Curious question. Just wondering if anyone else gets as perturbed as I do when folks blatantly don't obey the rules in a work zone on the highway? The speed limit is lowered and posted for the safety